Kmflett's Blog

There is always jeopardy when Keir Starmer is allowed out unscripted and the last couple of days have underlined the point.

On May Day, International Workers Day, its usual for a Labour Prime Minister to send greetings.

Checking Starmer’s social media I find no mention of this but rather a claim that Zack Polanski should not be leader of the Green Party. That is a matter for the Green Party not Starmer.

Starmer followed this up by saying that while of course he defends the right to protest some Palestinian solidarity marches may have to be banned. Its a phrasing familiar from many Times Editorials over the years. Of course there is a right to protest, as along as it is not actually exercised.

Starmer then went on to claim that such marches troubled Jewish people. Interestingly the marches have included significant numbers of Jewish people. Hmm. Perhaps for Starmer these are the ‘wrong type’ of Jewish people. For an example of this reactionary thinking see Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian (2nd May).

Unlike Starmer I’m off on a solidarity march